Onshape
The Fastest Growing CAD & PDM System Worldwide

Onshape is a cloud-native product development platform that combines CAD, PDM, and real-time collaboration tools in a single system. It eliminates the need for desktop installations by running entirely in the browser, offering built-in version control with branching, merging, and a complete audit trail. It is designed for engineering teams of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, across industries.
Onshape runs entirely in the cloud, providing CAD and integrated PDM with real-time multi-user collaboration, branching, merging, and infinite undo without any local installation.
Engineering teams and product designers across industries
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- PTC (Onshape)
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